Blogs - Tags - etom Blogsurn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries03022015-05-15T16:43:55-04:00IBM Connections - Blogsurn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-a9c414b1-3e76-48df-b181-910208f4a60dRational and TM Forum FrameworxCharlesRivet120000F3RCactivefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2013-02-05T22:59:19-05:002013-02-05T22:59:19-05:00In my <a href="http://ibm.co/Xhe183">previous post</a>, I finished with a teaser on how IBM Rational help its CSP clients by providing support for <a href="ttp://www.tmforum.org/TMForumFrameworx/1911/home.html">TM Forum Frameworx</a> in its tools. Given that telecom <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120905005566/en/Suppliers-Unprecedented-Demand-TM-Forum%E2%80%99s-Frameworx-Conformance">suppliers see unprecedented demand for TM Forum's Frameworx Conformance</a>, support for this framework should be of concern for any solution and tool provider.<br /><br />At Rational, do understand that TM Forum Frameworx, or NGOSS as it used to be called, is an important framework around communications service providers (CSPs). I've heard it stated many times that all major CSPs use eTOM (<u>E</u>nhanced <u>T</u>elecom <u>O</u>perations <u>M</u>ap, the &quot;business process framework&quot;), most use SID (<u>S</u>hared <u>I</u>nformation/<u>D</u>ata, the &quot;Information framework&quot;), and that many use TAM (<u>T</u>he <u>A</u>pplications <u>M</u>ap) and the Integration Framework. As such, we have first concentrated on the most used of the frameworks.<br /><br />At the top of the architecture chain, we have a representation of eTOM available for <a href="http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/systemarchitect/">IBM Rational System Architect</a>. This is a free download for anyone who already has System Architect licenses (and can legally use the TM Forum's intellectual property). The encyclopedia that is provided also contains a representation for SID as well as capabilities to implement the application map and the integrations. This capability within System Architect not only allows the practitioner to use Frameworx to model their CSP's operations and data, it also allows for the integration of this within a complete enterprise architecture (EA) and even to link with other supported EA standards such as TOGAF.<br /><br />The telecom system or process engineer can then take these business processes as defined in eTOM and elaborate them so that they can be sent, as BPMN, to process servers (such as <a href="http://www.ibm.com/software/integration/wps/">IBM WebSphere Process Server</a>)<br /><br />This is, however, not always enough and it is often the case that services must be exposed, either internally (for B/OSS) or externally (to support customer products). In such a case, <a href="http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/products/swarchitect/">IBM Rational Software Architect</a> can be used. Thanks to its <a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/rational/products/swarchitect/commapps/">Extension for Communications Applications</a>, which not only provides the SID model, but also capabilities to create services implementing common telecom API (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol">SIP</a>, <a href="http://www.parlayx.com/">Parlay X</a>, <a href="http://oneapi.gsma.com/">GSMA OneAPI</a>).<br /><br />In closing, I have to mention that both IBM Rational System Architect and IBM Rational Software Architect are part of the IBM Catalog Driven Order Management Solution that has been <a href="http://www.tmforum.org/SolutionAssessment/IBMCatalogDrivenOrder/13016/home.html">certified by TM Forum</a>. This should reassure everyone that we view TM Forum Frameworx as an important aspect of servicing the Telecom market.<br /><br />
In my previous post , I finished with a teaser on how IBM Rational help its CSP clients by providing support for TM Forum Frameworx in its tools. Given that telecom suppliers see unprecedented demand for TM Forum's Frameworx Conformance , support for this...005346urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-ded8f990-6c32-433b-8348-8fd4662f43ceThe Telco Blog2014-09-11T13:43:26-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-fed5cdf0-1268-4e25-afc4-cb612c9ef8feICE at TeleManagement World 2010 - a great example of real benefits from TMF FrameworxAndrew_Larmour0300000243activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2010-05-28T15:27:21-04:002010-05-28T15:48:14-04:00Yes, I should have posted this a week ago during the TeleManagement World conference - I've been busy since then and the wireless network at the conference was not available in most of the session rooms - at least that is my excuse.<br /> <br /><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/IndustryBPTSE/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/P1030785.JPG" target="_blank"><img alt="Ricardo Mata, ICE" src="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/IndustryBPTSE/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/P1030785.JPG" style="width: 200px; display: block; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt 1em; float: right; position: relative;" /></a> At Impact 2010 in Las Vegas <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/IndustryBPTSE/entry/impact_2010_ice_and_cafta_next_generation_oss30?lang=en_us">we heard from the IBM Business Partner (GBM) on the ICE project</a>. At TMW 2010, it was ICE themselves presenting on ICE and their journey down the TeleManagement Forum Frameworx path. <span class="Agenda_Module_Speakers_Name">Ricardo Mata, Sub-Director,
VertICE (OSS) Project from ICE presented (see his picture to the right) presented on ICE's projects to move Costa Rica's legacy carrier to a position that will allow them to remain competitive when the government opens up the market to international competitors such as Telefonica who are champing at the bit to get in there. ICE used IBM's middleware to integrate components from a range of vendors and align them to the TeleManagement Forum's Frameworx (the new name for eTOM, TAM and SID). In terms of what ICE wanted to achieve with this project (they call it PESSO) this diagram shows it really well.<br /></span><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/IndustryBPTSE/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/PESSO_Vision.png" target="_blank"><img alt="ICE PESSO Vision" src="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/IndustryBPTSE/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/PESSO_Vision.png" style="width: 50%; height: 100%; display: block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; position: relative;" /></a> <br /><span class="Agenda_Module_Speakers_Name"> <br /><br />I wish I could share with you the entire slide pack, but I think I might incur the wrath of the TeleManagement Forum if I were to do that. If you want to see these great presentations from Telcos from all around the world, you will just have to stump up the cash and get yourself to Nice next year. Finally, I want to illustrate the integration architecture that ICE used - this diagram is similar to the one form Impact, but I think importantly shows ICE's view of the architecture rather than IBM's or GMB's.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /></span><span class="Agenda_Module_Speakers_Name"> <br /> <br /></span> <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/IndustryBPTSE/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/PESSO_ICE_Architecture.png" target="_blank"><img alt="ICE PESSO Architecture" src="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/IndustryBPTSE/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/PESSO_ICE_Architecture.png" style="width: 80%; height: 100%; display: block; margin: 0pt auto; text-align: center; position: relative;" /></a> <br /><span class="Agenda_Module_Speakers_Name">For the benefit of those that
don't understand some of the acronyms in the architecture diagram above,
let me explain them a bit:<br /></span>
<blockquote><ul>
<li><b>ESB</b> - Enterprise Services Bus</li>
<li><b>TOCP </b>- Telecom Operations Content Pack (the old name for WebSphere Telecom Content Pack) - IBM's product to help Telcos get in line with the TMF Frameworx)</li>
<li><b>NGOSS</b> - Next Generation Operations Support Systems (the old name to TMF Frameworx)</li>
<li><b>TAM</b> - Telecom Applications Map</li><li><b>SID </b>- Shared Information / Data
model</li></ul></blockquote><br />
Yes, I should have posted this a week ago during the TeleManagement World conference - I've been busy since then and the wireless network at the conference was not available in most of the session rooms - at least that is my excuse. At Impact 2010 in Las...0015004urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-40a703ac-0363-42f5-b2cd-a816a858a230Telco Talk2017-08-08T13:04:55-04:00